Eric Hinske Does Not Believe in Burning Bridges

“Best team I ever played for,” he said. “We had a blast. We won, we were close, and we had a good time. My bench buddy was Alex Cora, and we would dissect the game sitting there and we had a lot of fun with things. The Red Sox treated me so well. They got me out of Toronto and gave me a role. [Terry Francona] was terrific to me. I have nothing but fond memories of the Red Sox.”

Baseball’s on NESN in just a little under four hours, folks. If you need me, I’ll be in the fall-out shelter.